After 13 Years Michael Jackson’s Legacy in Jeopardy With Sexual Harassment Allegations: What Really Happened?
Michael Jackson was among the greatest musicians to have ever lived. His legendary reputation is unequaled, and people across the world adore his songs. Jackson was attractive and charming due to his refined demeanor and gentle voice.
On June 25, 2009, the King of Pop, passed away, leaving behind millions of fans and family members. People have adored the rapper’s music career to his legendary dance movements and the inventive moonwalk. Jackson’s life was always surrounded by scandals and controversies. Even after his 14th memorial anniversary, Wade Robson opened the case surrounding the late singer as he moved to court. The complaint that Robson filed in 2013 against the I Want You Back singer was ruled out by the judge in 2021. However, the California Court of Appeal reversed its judgment jeopardizing the legacy of legendary Michael Jackson.
Michael Jackson’s legacy threatened by Wade Robson’s Case
Michael Jackson passed away in 2009 at the age of 50 after experiencing a heart arrest brought on by an overdose of the anesthetic medication propofol. Jackson has continued to be a prominent presence in contemporary culture in the years after his passing. The singer’s legacy is tarnished by the spree of controversies surrounding him.
One such case of Wade Robson has entered the court for trial. The dancer accused the late rapper of sexually abusing him as a child. He sued the I Want You Back singer’s estate in 2013, the case was later dropped in 2017 when the judge determined that the statute of limitations had passed when it was filed.
Michael Jackson’s estate after the case got dismissed said,
“Wade Robson has spent the last eight years pursuing frivolous claims in different lawsuits against Michael Jackson’s estate and companies associated with it. Robson has taken nearly three dozen depositions and inspected and presented hundreds of thousands of documents trying to prove his claims, yet a Judge has once again ruled that Robson’s claims have no merit whatsoever, that no trial is necessary, and that his latest case is dismissed.”
Robson, who filed a lawsuit against the late pop star’s company in 2013, heard that the California Court of Appeal has overturned the judgment that had dismissed it in 2021. The lawsuit was renewed in 2019 by a new law that extended the deadline for child victims to bring legal claims.
The dancer’s case will now head to trial to claim his allegation about the King of Pop was true. Robson’s way to the court poses a threat to Michael Jackson and his legacy. However, the rapper’s estate has denied all the allegations claimed by the accuser.
Michael Jackson faced s*xual abuse allegations
The two-part HBO documentary Leaving Neverland relates the tale of Wade Robson and James Safechuck, two men who accused Michael Jackson of abusing them s*xually for years.
Robson’s lawsuit claimed that the pop star abused him from the age of 7 until he was 12 years old. It states, “Michael Jackson was one of the kindest, most loving people I knew. He helped me tremendously with my career and my creativity. He also sexually abused me for seven years.”
Jackson’s loan-out businesses, MJJ Productions, and MJJ Ventures, were accused by Robson of aiding the singer’s abuse of him and other people. Few people came out to accuse the singer. The dancer and Safechuck case are on trial in the court.
Source: TMZ
